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Bahar joins BIBM****

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Mr Habibullah Bahar, former economic adviser of Bangladesh Bank, has joined the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) recently as Agrani Bank chair professor. Before joining the BIBM, Mr Bahar served Bangladesh Bank for about 35 years in various capacities....

Crown Agents new chief arrives tomorrow****

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Crown Agents new Chief Executive Terence Jagger arrives in Dhaka tomorrow (Saturday) on a three-day visit. This is his first official visit to the Asia region. During his visit, he will meet with government officials, international financial institutions and other...

BCBL opens relocated Corporate Office

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited (BCBL) has shifted its Corporate Office from Taranga Complex to Eunoos Trade Centre (Level 22) at 52 53 Dilkusha CA in the city. Chairman of the board of directors of the bank AQ Siddiqui inaugurated the...

Spl committee to give reaction on meetings Monday: Suranjit

2011-05-06 00:00:00

The parliamentary special committee on constitution amendment will give formal reaction Monday on the outcome of its opinion exchange meetings with political parties, constitutional experts, lawyers, intellectuals and editors, reports UNB. Special committee co-chairman and spokesman Suranjit Sengupta told this...

Murder incidents rising in Bangladesh

2011-05-06 00:00:00

FE ReportBangladesh has witnessed an 11 per cent increase in murder incidents in April 2011 compared to the number recorded in the previous month, Democracywatch said. The non-government human rights watchdog in a statement issued Thursday said a total of...

weather

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...

China becomes new major investor in LatAm: UN body

2011-05-06 00:00:00

MEXICO CITY, May 5 (Agencies): China has become one of the most important investors in Latin America and the Caribbean accounting for almost 9 per cent of the total investment flow to the region in 2010, the United Nations Economic...

Abertis Q1 profit doubles

2011-05-06 00:00:00

MADRID, May 5 (AFP): Spanish infrastructure group Abertis, the country's biggest highway operator, said Thursday its first-quarter net profit more than doubled from the figure last year due to the sale of its stake in Italian motorway firm Atlantia. The...

South Korea ratifies EU free trade deal******

2011-05-06 00:00:00

SEOUL, May 5 (AP): South Korea's ruling party rammed the country's free trade agreement with the European Union through parliament amid an opposition boycott in a result that shifts focus to a still unratified deal with the United States. The...

GM profit more than triples******

2011-05-06 00:00:00

DETROIT, May 5 (Reuters): General Motors Co's quarterly profit more than tripled, beating expectations, driven by a recovery in the US market and strong sales in Asia. The US automaker also said Thursday it expects its full-year adjusted earnings before...

Foreign investors assured of secure business in Pakistan

2011-05-06 00:00:00

PARIS, May 5 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Wednesday urged the foreign businessmen not to fall for the propaganda about security situation in Pakistan and rather invest in diverse sectors for securing tremendous dividends. He was responding to...

Bharti's Q4 profit dives 31pc

2011-05-06 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, May 5 (AFP): India's top mobile phone firm Bharti Airtel said Thursday its fiscal fourth-quarter net profit tumbled 31 per cent from a year earlier, weighed by costs from its new Africa acquisition. Net profit fell to 14.01...

Asian Tiger Capital Partners market update on DSE

2011-05-06 00:00:00

The Benchmark General Index DGEN returned back to negative territory by losing 1.23% after previous day's uptrend. The decline is probably a bit of an anti-climax on a day when the much talked about BD Fund officially started its investment...

Crown Agents new chief arrives tomorrow****

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Crown Agents new Chief Executive Terence Jagger arrives in Dhaka tomorrow (Saturday) on a three-day visit. This is his first official visit to the Asia region. During his visit, he will meet with government officials, international financial institutions and other...

BCBL opens relocated Corporate Office

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited (BCBL) has shifted its Corporate Office from Taranga Complex to Eunoos Trade Centre (Level 22) at 52 53 Dilkusha CA in the city. Chairman of the board of directors of the bank AQ Siddiqui inaugurated the...

Spl committee to give reaction on meetings Monday: Suranjit

2011-05-06 00:00:00

The parliamentary special committee on constitution amendment will give formal reaction Monday on the outcome of its opinion exchange meetings with political parties, constitutional experts, lawyers, intellectuals and editors, reports UNB. Special committee co-chairman and spokesman Suranjit Sengupta told this...

Murder incidents rising in Bangladesh

2011-05-06 00:00:00

FE ReportBangladesh has witnessed an 11 per cent increase in murder incidents in April 2011 compared to the number recorded in the previous month, Democracywatch said. The non-government human rights watchdog in a statement issued Thursday said a total of...

weather

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...

World food prices stable apart from cereals: FAO***

2011-05-06 00:00:00

ROME, May 5 (AFP): World food prices remained almost stable in April, though tension surrounded cereal prices and climate conditions in coming months will be decisive, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said Thursday. After a drop in March following...

India sees further oil price hike a threat to growth

2011-05-06 00:00:00

HANOI, May 5 (Economic Times): Further rises in oil prices could clip around 1 percentage point off the Indian government's growth forecast of 8.75 to 9.25 per cent for the current fiscal year, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Thursday. He...

Central banks expand gold reserves with $6b in purchases****

2011-05-06 00:00:00

LONDON, May 5 (Bloomberg): Mexico, Russia and Thailand added gold now valued at about $6 billion to their reserves in February and March as prices advanced to a record, the dollar weakened and Treasuries lost investors money. Mexico bought 93.3...

India's Tata Steel to increase China investment

2011-05-06 00:00:00

MUMBAI, May 5 (Commodity Online): India's Tata Steel, world's tenth largest steel producer is set to increase its investment in China by five percent in 2012, China Daily reported citing company's MD Hemant Madhusudan Nerurkar. According to company top brass,...

Silver investors dump bets after exchange increases margins 84pc

2011-05-06 00:00:00

NEW YORK, May 5 (Bloomberg): The biggest slump for silver since 1983 may not be over as the Comex exchange in New York makes it 84 per cent more expensive for speculators to trade the metal, triggering an exit by...

Oil slips further on demand concerns

2011-05-06 00:00:00

SINGAPORE, May 5 (Commodity Online): World oil prices extended losses in Asian trade Thursday mainly on demand concerns in the US, world's largest oil consumer. Light sweet crude for June delivery was seen trading at $108.64 a barrel at 12.00...

Asian Tiger Capital Partners market update on DSE

2011-05-06 00:00:00

The Benchmark General Index DGEN returned back to negative territory by losing 1.23% after previous day's uptrend. The decline is probably a bit of an anti-climax on a day when the much talked about BD Fund officially started its investment...

Crown Agents new chief arrives tomorrow****

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Crown Agents new Chief Executive Terence Jagger arrives in Dhaka tomorrow (Saturday) on a three-day visit. This is his first official visit to the Asia region. During his visit, he will meet with government officials, international financial institutions and other...

BCBL opens relocated Corporate Office

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited (BCBL) has shifted its Corporate Office from Taranga Complex to Eunoos Trade Centre (Level 22) at 52 53 Dilkusha CA in the city. Chairman of the board of directors of the bank AQ Siddiqui inaugurated the...

Spl committee to give reaction on meetings Monday: Suranjit

2011-05-06 00:00:00

The parliamentary special committee on constitution amendment will give formal reaction Monday on the outcome of its opinion exchange meetings with political parties, constitutional experts, lawyers, intellectuals and editors, reports UNB. Special committee co-chairman and spokesman Suranjit Sengupta told this...

Murder incidents rising in Bangladesh

2011-05-06 00:00:00

FE ReportBangladesh has witnessed an 11 per cent increase in murder incidents in April 2011 compared to the number recorded in the previous month, Democracywatch said. The non-government human rights watchdog in a statement issued Thursday said a total of...

weather

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...